11/20/2008

Sick Phone Concepts

Just got schooled on a sick Tokyo designer, Mac Funamizu. His phone concepts are just ill... he designs other things but the phones are ridiculous. He admits that he is a web & graphic designer so sadly he has no plans to produce these joints but if someone steps up to the plate and brings any of these to market, fair warning, get in my way and you will catch a fair one to the dome from my newly obsolete iphone. Check out some of his concepts below...



11/13/2008

DJ Consoles


I've been a DJ for a minute and one of the things that was always hard to find was a really dope custom DJ console for the crib. I finally found a company in San Fran, DUAL, to hook up my equipment but I also recently found a spot in Berlin, METROFARM, that is turning out some crazy designs. Actually both companies use similar designs for their base pieces but METROFARM uses materials like concrete and stainless steel for their joints. As always, the kids have options we never did.

DUAL shows base prices on their site, METROFARM doesn't [draw your own conclusions] and I can only imagine what it costs to ship a concrete console from Berlin... shipping maple across the US was bad enough... but that's why you grind so hard - right? So get your dollars [or euros] right and take care of your equipment.

Spied some photos over at cnet... this phone is sick. Sony is back on their design game [where have you been?] Looks like this sweet piece of phone candy drops at the end of the month for a cool 8 bills. Yup, Sony is still gangsta. But big tag aside, the phone is straight beautiful. It may not be the nimblest joint in the pack but you sure won't have to worry about every knucklehead pulling one out trying to front. Check more photos and info on the Sony XPERIA X1 here.